Sleep and Migraines

Lack of sufficient, restful sleep leads to all kinds of disruptive issues including fatigue, bad moods, inability to concentrate and more. If you experience migraines and don’t sleep well, the two conditions may be related. Sleep problems, including insomnia, are known to trigger migraines, and it comes down to how much restful sleep you get during the night. Read more...

Migraines at Work

Suffering from a migraine is bad enough in the comfort of your own home where you can at least turn off the lights and lie down in a quiet room. But at work it is a whole different story that comes with a whole set of complications and concerns, including the possible effect on your career. To those that have never suffered from migraines, it is difficult to fully comprehend their disabling potential. So, what should you do if your migraines are interfering with your work? Do you pretend you have an emergency and go home, try to work through it, talk to your boss? Read more...

Alternative Headache Treatments

Effective Alternative Treatments for Headache Pain

While there are many excellent pain medications available to treat headache pain, not every type of headache, or every headache patient, will respond to them. Furthermore, some may want to avoid medication altogether for health or personal reasons. READ MORE……………

Headache Causes

What Could Be Causing Your Headaches?

Headaches are among the most common ailments. In fact, half of the US population suffers from a headache at least once every year. Sometimes headaches are bad enough to put a person out of commission, causing lost work or school and productivity. Although the pain is in the head, the brain itself cannot feel pain. Scientist have determined that disturbances in the brain’s chemicals, tissue, nerves and blood vessels can trigger headaches. READ MORE…………

Summer Heat and Headaches

Could the Summer Heat be a Trigger for Your Migraine?

There is something about the summer sun that is so inviting, and the moment the seasons change, there is nothing better than getting outdoors and soaking up a few rays. However, if you are one of the millions of migraine sufferers in the US, you might notice a pattern between your headaches and the sun coming out. READ MORE…………….

Hormonal Headaches

Are Your Headaches Being Caused By Hormones?

Headaches can be caused by all kinds of things from genetics to diet, weather, tension and more. One headache trigger that is more often experienced by women is changes in hormonal levels. The hormone level changes, particularly of estrogen, that occur during menstruation, pregnancy and menopause can throw off the chemicals in the brain that affect our experience and sensation of pain. In addition, the use of hormone replacement therapies and oral contraceptives can have similar affects. The good news is there are effective ways of controlling the role that hormonal level changes play in producing headaches. READ MORE……………

MBSR for Mirgraines

DOES MEDITATION HOLD THE KEY TO RELIEVING YOUR HEADACHES?

Meditation has been around for thousands of years and has been known to provide a wide range of health benefits to those who practice it. Did you know that meditation in the right way could also provide relief for headaches and migraine?  READ MORE…………

Kids and Tension-type Headaches

IS YOUR CHILD EXPERIENCING “BACK TO SCHOOL” HEADACHES?

Tension-type headaches often affect children and adolescents. Although there is no one cause that can be singled out as the culprit every time, it is believed that tension-type headaches are related to tightened muscles in the neck and scalp. Those tightened muscles can be attributed to a number of causes, and some of them are related to mental and emotional stress. READ MORE..............